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Internet of Things – Services and Applications for People with Disabilities and Elderly Persons

Introduction to the Special Thematic Session

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Computers Helping People with Special Needs (ICCHP-AAATE 2022)

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This short paper presents and summarizes six Special Thematic Session (STS) papers discussing accessibility and usability aspects related to the Internet of Things for elderly and disabled people. The papers include case studies, the development of new prototypes, devices and services, as well as end user-interviews and end-user questionnaires on useability. Primary target users include elderly persons, persons with mobility impairments, persons with visual impairments, persons with hearing impairments, and persons with cognitive impairments.

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  1. Zurich University of Applied Sciences, 8400, Winterthur, Switzerland

    Alireza Darvishy

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  1. Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria

    Klaus Miesenberger

  2. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

    Georgios Kouroupetroglou

  3. European University Cyprus, Engomi, Cyprus

    Katerina Mavrou

  4. University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA

    Roberto Manduchi

  5. Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy

    Mario Covarrubias Rodriguez

  6. Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

    Petr Penáz

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Darvishy, A. (2022). Internet of Things – Services and Applications for People with Disabilities and Elderly Persons. In: Miesenberger, K., Kouroupetroglou, G., Mavrou, K., Manduchi, R., Covarrubias Rodriguez, M., Penáz, P. (eds) Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP-AAATE 2022. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13342. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08645-8_12

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